Compression resilient tire



W; y 1924 A. F. MASURY ET AL COMPRESSIQN RESILIENT TIRE Filed March 20, 1923 INVENTORS I BY 4% MM ATTORNEYS.

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vBeit known that .we, ALFRED FELLOWS Manner and Auous'r H. LEIPERT, citizens of the- United States, residing, respectively, in t the borough'of Manhattan and the borough of Queens of the cityofNew York, in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Compression Resilient Tires, ofwhich theiollow- ,w ing is a specification, reference being had metallic "resilient material such as rubber in which may be'used for vehicles in "the ordinary way but which by reason of their construction possess certain inherent advantages over known tires. More particularly, the invention is concerned with nonaa pneumatic tires which shall have a greater degree of resiliency than has been heretofore obtained and materially greater life.

Non-pneumatic tires as heretbfore constructed are necessarily made'of comparaw tively dense rubber hardened to the greatest possible degree consistent with some degree of resiliency for improvin the. riding qualities of the vehicle to w ich they are attached. The compound as thus formed is given as long life as can be by known methods of compounding and yet the very hit properties which tend to increase the life of Mown non-pneumatic tires also tend to decrease their resiliency.

It is the rincipal objectof the present invention, t erefore, to provide. a nonpneumatic tire in which the rubber compound may be of such composition as to adord a substantial degree of resiliency and shall be so mounted mechanically as to store up considerable energy in its massand, at the same time, materially increase its life. These and otherdesirable results are secured by confining more or less of the an entire mass of the rubber-entering into the tire construction, under compression, such confinement being provided with particular reference to the tread of the tire so that the advantageous results will be secured to the greatest possible degree'at the section where shocks are to be cushioned by direct impact and disintegrating blows-are to be met.

less of the mass of rubber entering into the The actual confinement of more or tire construction may be accomplished by difierentmechanical means by one skilled in the .art but there has been illustrated in the. drawings accompanying thisv specification, by way of example, two such general means, in oneiof which non-metallic confining. devices are employed and in the other of which metallic devices are provided.

The scope of the invention will appear at greater. length hereinafter. Reference is now to be had to the accompanying drawin s,'wherein:

' igure 1, is a View partly insection and partly in perspectivetthrough a tire embodying the improvements.v

' Figure 2 is a view similar generally to Figure 1 butshowing other devices for confining the rubber under compression and also a somewhat difierent cross-sectional form of tire.

It is to be understood that the invention is not to be limitedto the particular form which the cross section of the tire takes nor to the means by which it is mounted on the wheel. As shown in Figure 1,-forinstance, the felloe a'carries thereon a rim 6 to which is secured the improved tire indicated generally at c which is preferably non-pneumatic although when the construction is fully understood'it will be ap reciated that the invention is not to be avoi ed by merely inserting an inner tube within a shoe embodying the improvements. In this form the tire is hollow having two opposed inclined side walls -c', c, of comparatively heavy dense rubber which may be moulded constitutes the tread portion proper and may have its external surface of any desired configuration. This section of the tire is accordingly subject always to compression by the load and other stresses transmitted thereto." It has been found in practice that,

the life of rubber may be materially increased by confining it under compression -without relying upon changes in its composition such as would afi'ect its resilient properties. Accordingly, the tread section d by the construction proposed in Figure 1 will be found to have greater resiliency than has-heretofore been obtainablein nonpneumatic tires and have great'erlife than is obtainable through the compound.

In Figure 2 the, same results are secured by placing the entire vma'ssof rubber in a solid rubber tire 6 under compression through mechanical devices. As shown, annular rings f, g, of angular'form are placed at opposite sides of the rubber tire e and bolted through asby bolts f, g, respectively. Opposed rings are drawn together to any desired degree. so as to place I the intervening mass of rubber under compression and so confine it; The "result, as heretoforepointed out, isan added degree ofresiliency coupled with greater strength and longer life.v

i .Otherways of submitting the-tread porthe rim securing portionupon opposite sides of the .tire, through bolts connecting the annular members, annular retaining members adjacent the tread portion, and through bolts connecting said last named members to maintainithe' tread always under compresslon.

2. A solid vehicle tire of non-metallic material having a rim securing portion and formed with sides converging to a tread portion, opposed shoulders formed on oppositesides of the tire respectively, pairs of annular members L-shaped incross section upon opposite sides of the tire, said pairs engaging the res ctive shoulders, one of said pairs of annu ar members. being adjacent the rim securing portion and the other of said pairs of annular members adjacent the tread, and means to maintain said annular members in clamping engagement with the tire.

This specification signed this 16 day of March A. D. 1923.

ALFRED FELLOWS'MASURY. AUGUST HARRY LEIPERT. 

